Below today’s hours and the enhanced location maps on t
he left-side of the redesigned Health Sciences Library website are three images that link to a new guide for health sciences distance learners, a list of workshops offered by UC Libraries, and a list of UC eJournals. The list of workshops and eJournals are familiar features of the HSL website but the Health Sciences Distance Learners guide is new with the website redesign. Continue reading
Category Archives: HSL News
Redesigned Health Sciences Library Website Coming Soon!
On May 6, the Health Sciences Library along with all UC Libraries will unveil a completely redesigned website.
Available at http://libraries.uc.edu/hsl/ (same URL as current site) the new website is easy to read and navigate with an updated look and feel, an uncluttered homepage with most content viewable without scrolling, new information and streamlined navigation. User-requested features such as the posting of today’s hours, enhanced location maps and a prominent link to Off-Campus Access from the homepage are included in the redesign.
New content around the growing subject of digital scholarship has been added, as well as a website dedicated to the Libraries’ Special Collections. Also featured prominently on the site are links to HSL Research Guides, a Distance Learning guide, workshops, eJournals and frequently used Health Sciences resources.
The tabbed search box, available on the left-side of the homepage and throughout on many secondary pages of the site, will allow users to search for articles, books, journals, databases and quickly and easily.
For those viewing the site on a tablet or mobile device, the redesign is responsive to adjust to individual screen sizes.
The website redesign does not include the Library Catalog or online databases.
Feedback is welcome as the Health Sciences Library website is a work in progress and will continue to develop over the summer.
Watch for more information about the newly redesigned HSL site!
Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library Ranked 14th Most Impressive Medical School Library
The Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library was ranked 14th amongst “the 25 most impressive university medical school libraries in the world” according to The Best Master’s Degrees Reviews and Rankings, a public site that explores and ranks the vast world of Master’s degrees in all the disciplines.
Web of Knowledge Now Web of Science
The Web of K
nowledge has a new name and a new design. The Web of Science continues to have all the same features and functions as in earlier versions of the product, but has been streamlined for faster and easier use.
A few of the new features are:
- More “Sort” options (A-Z or Z-A by first author, source title, conference title, relevance, times cited and more)
- A direct link to the journal’s impact factor in the Full Record view
- A list of how many times an article has been cited and in what Web of Science databases in the Full Record view
Another change is that the UC Article Linker button is only visible after you click on “Full Text”.
See a quick tour of the new design here: http://youtu.be/Ulfu0njSZN0
Access the Web of Science from the Health Sciences Library home page under Express Links in the center of the page. Questions? Contact Edith Starbuck at 513-558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu
Scopus: New Design!
On February 1, 2014, Scopus released a new more action driven design. New redesign features include:
- Items or icons will only appear active when an action is performed. For example, the search history on the home page is not shown until a search is performed.
- Export options will be available when results are selected to export.
- Search results are easier to scan with options that appear only when results are selected.
- Author and Affiliation profiles have been condensed to optimize scanning.
- The reference manager Mendeley has been added to the export options.
- Once export options have been selected and saved, the next export can be done with just one click.
For more information see the Scopus Blog or explore Scopus. Questions? Contact Edith Starbuck at 513-558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu
New Platform for AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, and other Access Medical Resources
Recently AccessAnesthesiology, AccessMedicine, AccessPediatrics, AccessPharmacy, and AccessSurgery moved to a new platform. The content is the same including more than 180 titles including Harrison’s Online, CMDT, Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, and more.
New features come with the new platform:
- The ability to move from one Access resource to another easily; just click on the Sites menu and select another resource
- Responsive design for mobile users – the browser automatically adjusts depending on the device
- Create a personal account and set up alerts, create a custom curriculum, or save images and figures and move easily them into PowerPoint.
- Your personal account also enables you to log in remotely to any of the Access resources to which the Health Sciences Library (HSL) subscribes. With a personal account, there is no need to log into the proxy server or the VPN.
In addition to AccessMedicine and AccessPharmacy links on the HSL home page, find links to all the Access resources – AccessAnesthesiology, AccessMedicine, AccessPediatrics, AccessPharmacy, and AccessSurgery on the Health Sciences Library website on the eBooks page and the Point of Care page.
If you have any questions, please contact Edith Starbuck at 513-558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu
Libraries Closed January 20
UC Libraries will be closed Monday, January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library is the exception and will be open 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Monday).
Trial: Anatomy & Physiology Online
Explore this free trial for Anatomy & Physiology Online! This online resource is accessible 24/7 and
includes all a student needs to know and learn for a 2 semester Anatomy & Physiology course. Narrated animations show physiological processes in a memorable way and interactive 3D models can be rotated, layers added and removed, and structures labeled.
Additional Anatomy & Physiology Online features include: Continue reading
New: Comprehensive Physiology
Comprehensive Physiology is an authoritative collection of review content assembled in the physiological sciences.
This publication includes the complete content from the Handbook of Physiology series and will be continually expanded through a dynamic program of updates. The audience for Comprehensive Physiology is academic scientists in the life sciences, advanced students in the life sciences and medicine, instructors in these disciplines, and academic clinicians.
Key Features:
- More than 30,000 pages of classic content from the Handbook of Physiology series
- A publishing program that will add 4,000 pages of new content per year
- An editorial team comprising leading names in the field
- Fully citable content, qualifying for abstracting, indexing, and ISI ranking
Go to the Health Sciences Library eBook page to find a link to Comprehensive Physiology in the A-Z list.
Health Sciences Library Research Series 10/21-10/24
As part of Research Week 2013, sponsored by UC Health and University Academic Health Center, the UC Health Sciences Library is planning a week-long library research series. Sessions will focus on funding, authorship issues, data management and datasets/tools.
All sessions listed in the Research Series below take place in the UC Health Sciences Library Electronic Classroom (MSB G005G).
Register for the sessions at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx. Walk ins are welcome!
Show Me the Money
Monday, Oct. 21, 1 to 2 p.m.
Find out who funds research studies and trials and get tips for finding these sources.
Manage Your Research Identity
Monday, Oct. 21, 2 to 3 p.m.
Learn to manage your research identity using unique author identifiers. This course will provide an overview of ORCID, My ResearcherID, and the Scopus Author ID.
Data Management Planning
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1 to 2 p.m.
Get introduced to the importance of data management planning with tips for creating a data management plan and an overview of tools in the library to help with the process.
Discovering Datasets
Thursday, Oct. 24, 1 to 2 p.m.
Learn out about data repositories including government data sets, figshare and Dryad.
NCBI Tools
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2 to 3 p.m.
Get information and training on the use of biomedical and genomic information databases of the National Center for Biomedical Informatics (NCBI).